Word: synch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...short term, Clinton must make amends with those outside the NAFTA coalition. He will pay close attention to the labor wing of the party, soothing bitterness among rust-belt Democrats. Noting that 156 of 258 Democrats opposed him, Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur pointed out that Clinton is out of synch with what she calls the "real core of the Democratic Party" in the House. "I think he's the candidate of Wall Street," she said, "not Main Street." Kaptur predicted that the division will lead to an increase in independent voting and support for Ross Perot's United We Stand...
...sophomore tutorial. While forcing the student to choose a discipline by the beginning of the second term, this additional course would give an early taste of the concentration before the sophomore year; thus, a sophomore could switch concentrations at the beginning of the third term, without falling out of synch with the tutorial. By selecting the discipline-specific writing instructors from the pool of tutors within the concentration, the course would become an integral part of the concentration itself...
...Glyndebourne cast of black American singers. He vividly evokes the opera's Catfish Row in swirling crowd scenes intercut with sharply detailed close-ups, in smokily languorous tableaus that erupt into brutal fights and sensual embraces. Instead of letting the performers sing, however, he has them lip-synch to a sound track of their own cast recording, issued by EMI Classics with Simon Rattle + conducting the London Philharmonic. It's a vibrant recording in its own right, but the miming shows -- and jars with the quasi-naturalistic style of Nunn's staging. And because the music seems once removed...
What is going on? According to psychologist Sherry Turkle, author of The Second Self, the key lies in the rates of development of young boys and girls, which to their mutual pain and embarrassment are usually out of synch. Girls in their pre-teen years tend to mature faster than boys -- socially and sexually. Normal day-to-day interactions with these girls can be stressful and troubling for the boys, who tend to withdraw to a safe place -- sports, scouting, computer gaming -- where they can hang out until they are ready to hold their own with the girls, a process...
...time when the President is trying to restore his centrist reputation. Her assault on mandatory-sentencing laws horrified White House aides, who may agree that the laws don't work very well but are more concerned about what message they send. "There is some question about how ideologically in synch she is with the Clinton Administration," says one % official, though others privately note that staying in synch with so elastic a President means not believing in much...